Examination Regularity Authority, Uttar Pradesh state has recently released the Official Notification for NTSE (National Talent Search Examination) stage-1. This will be a two-stage Offline exam as usual of which NTSE Stage-1 will be state level conducted by state board & NTSE Stage-2 will be conducted National Level by NCERT, Delhi. NCERT has fixed a seat-quota for each state (a fixed no. of seats are allotted to each state) for qualifying students of NTSE Stage-1.
Application Fee:
Application fee for Uttar Pradesh NTSE Stage-1 exam for
- General/OBC Category is Rs. 50 &
- ST/SC/Differently Abled students: Rs. 30
Eligibility
Any Regular student of Class 10th from a recognized school under Uttar Pradesh State Board and having minimum 60% (for General & 55% for Rest categories) in class 9th last year.
Exam Pattern & Syllabus
The State Level NTSE exam will have two test papers –
- MAT (Mental Ability Test) &
- SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test).
Both of these papers will have 100 questions each with 1 marks for each right question. Exam duration will be 120 minutes for normal students & 150minutes for Visually impaired students. Students must read the Classroom syllabus of 9th & 10th for preparing the NTSE Exam.
Note: The Qualifying Marks in state level NTSE Stage-1 exam are 40 (32 marks for SC/ST/Differently Abled students).
Important Dates & Timings:
Last date for submitting Application Form: 26th September 2018
NTSE Stage-1 Exam Date: 04th November 2018 (8.00 AM to 12.00 Noon)
NTSE Stage-2 Exam Date: 12th May 2019
Check the Official notification for All related information i.e. Expected Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Required Documents etc…